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Wheft. (n) (nautical)A kind of streamer or flag used either as a signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the direction of the…
Nature doesn’t ask your permission; it doesn’t care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You’re obliged to accept it as…
Last July, the US Copyright Office issued the first of two reports dealing with copyright and artificial intelligence. The second, released on January 29, 2025,…
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The other day, I attended a forum sponsored by our local Metropolitan Library for “authors and aspiring authors.” As these things go, it was pretty…
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Every so often, I have the opportunity to read other authors whose work features LGBTQ characters. Recently, my friend J. Scott Coatsworth sent me his…
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